Making her Pillow debut with the world premiere of Paramodernities, Netta Yerushalmy deconstructs iconic works from choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, and Bob Fosse while performing them alongside scholarly contributions that situate them in larger contexts. Presented in multiple installments, this work is a meditation on the different tracks taken within the modern tradition, in dance and beyond.
Before you witness Paramodernities discover the iconic work that inspired it below in these videos from YouTube and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive:
Alvin Ailey
Ailey II in ‘Wade in the Water’ from Revelations in 1988
George Balanchine
Merrill Ashley & John Meehan in the Pas de deux from ‘Agon’ in 1987
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham Dance Company in ‘Sounddance’ from 2009
Bob Fosse
Excerpts from ‘Sweet Charity’; ‘The Aloof’, ‘The Heavyweight’, ‘The Big Finish’, choreographed by Bob Fosse
Martha Graham
Martha Graham Dance Company in ‘Night Journey’ from 1994
Vaslav Nijinsky
Excerpt from Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’, choreographed by Valsav Nijinsky (version reconstructed by Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer), performed by the Ballet and Orchestra of the Maryinsky Theater conducted by Valery Gergiev
Go behind-the-scenes with Festival Photographer Christopher Duggan as he captures photos for our Paramodernities/Revelations exhibit now on display in the Doris Duke Theatre Lobby
Netta Yerushalmy's Paramodernities
Highly acclaimed for her “fierce choreographic imagination” (The New York Times), Netta Yerushalmy makes her Pillow debut with the world premiere of Paramodernities.
